[Spambayes] Practical applications
Guido van Rossum
guido@python.org
Sat, 21 Sep 2002 20:45:59 -0400
> 1) I notice that Python is an "Actice Scripting" language? Does that a mean
> that a Python script can interact with Outlook to do things like add
> a "Spam!" button, etc.?
Python can control any Windows application that supports a COM
interface. You have to get the win32all set of additions (there's a
pointer to it on the download pages). I've never done this, I suppose
you'd need docs for Outlook.
> 2) I'm not up on the Python Software Foundation License. Does it allow a
> company to make a proprietary product that incorporates spambayes code or
> calls it as if from a library?
Sure. It's BSD-ish, not GPL-ish.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)